2011 Packard Fellows Announced (news item)

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<p>The Packard Foundation has just announced its 16 Packard Fellows for 2011. These are among the brightest young factulty stars in science and engineering and each is awarded a grant of $875,000.00 for his or her research. The Packard is one of the most generous award programs in academia.</p>

<p>Princeton, Harvard, Stanford and Yale each had one Fellow this year and no school had more than one. Princeton’s winner was Asst. Professor Bogdan Bernevig in physics.</p>

<p>Bogdan</a> Bernevig Packard Foundation</p>

<p>Packard Fellows Since Founding of Program
(leading institutions)</p>

<p>27---Berkeley
26---MIT</p>

<p>24---CalTech
23---Princeton
20---Harvard, Stanford</p>

<p>15---Yale
13---Cornell
12---Northwestern
11---JHU, Penn State
10---Columbia</p>

<p>Fellowship</a> Directory Packard Foundation
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